Ludlum Elementary School in Hempstead, NY might be the first to rename itself for Barack Obama. The students developed a grassroots consensus, brought it to the school board and the board, in another national first, said “Hey, why not?”, and just did it. The school is in an almost entirely African American and Latino community. [...]
Archive for November, 2008
16 Nov
Needing an Intervention
I have to swear off Transition Watching. The election is over. The good guy won. As perilous as our situation is, we had to wait for eight years to get a really smart president and a few more weeks won’t kill us. Probably. I guess. In any case, obsessing over every rumor that leaks out [...]
5 Nov
OK, this is beginning to look good
Seeing that John McCain has conceded and all, and Obama has been projected to win 338 electoral votes as of this moment it might be safe to exhale. McCain gave one of the most best and most gracious concession speeches ever. If he’d run that way tonight might have turned out differently. Thank you for [...]
4 Nov
OMFG – It’s Election Day
Like most Democrats, I’m terrified by all the good news. I haven’t posted in ages because every time I get online I just get obsessed with hitting Refresh on RealClearPolitics.com to see what’s changed in the last 15 minutes. The polls and the omens continue to be apallingly good. Obama has maintained his lead, The Redskins [...]
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